Solar + BESS Projects,
Built Smarter with AI
Solar Smart LLC is committed to developing clean power systems that provide lower cost energy to communities.
We Care
Solar Smart cares about the communities we service. By engaging low-income communities, non-profits, homeowners, businesses and other electricity consumers, Solar Smart develops a better understanding of their needs and priorities. Through this understanding and by working closely with community leaders we are able to invest in local energy systems that create employment, are good for the environment and reduce energy costs by 10% to 30%.
Our goals are simple. To accelerate the adoption of renewable energy, find smarter energy solutions and make electricity available to communities at a lower cost.
About Us
Founded 2014 and based in Charleston, South Carolina, Solar Smart LLC, has been leading the Community Solar industry through the development and construction of small to large-scale solar power systems that provide abundant, renewable and cost effective clean energy to local communities.
Since its inception Solar Smart and partners have invested over $55 million in capital to develop and/or construct twelve (12) Community Solar projects in Massachusetts and Maryland that generate in excess of 22,700,000 W annually.
What We Offer
What We Do
Two ways to work with us: we develop our own solar + BESS projects, and we put that same hands-on experience to work for yours.
Development
Solar + BESS Project Development
Since 2014, Solar Smart has developed 1 – 10 MW community solar, commercial & industrial solar, and battery energy storage projects — carrying each one from site search to commissioning.
- Site Control — land identification, option and lease agreements
- Interconnection — utility applications, studies and agreements
- Engineering & Design — layouts, energy modeling and single-line diagrams
- Permitting — planning board, environmental and local approvals
- Financing — tax credits, tax equity, debt and incentive programs
- Construction & Commissioning — EPC oversight through utility witness testing
Advisory
AI-Assisted Project Advisory
Solar Smart Advisory Services gives developers, owners, lenders and investors AI-assisted, expert-reviewed analysis — so projects reach financing with fewer surprises.
- AI-Assisted Project Analysis — document review and risk tracking
- Development & Risk Review — interconnection, permitting and site control
- EPC & Project Cost — line-by-line bid and scope comparison
- Financial Modelling — proformas, debt sizing and sensitivities
- Regulatory & Tax — ITC, domestic content, FEOC and state programs
OUR WORK
Featured Projects
SQUIRREL ISLAND RD., WAREHAM, MA.
This 1.21 MW (AC) Community Solar system is a fixed ground mounted six acre site that is connected to the Eversource Utility electrical grid. Powered by 5,100 solar panels the system will save customers over $5 million during its life and replace the annual electricity needs of 300 homes.
1210 KW
300
5,100
OLD COURT RD., WINDSOR MILLS, MD
This 2.88 MW (AC) Community Solar project project was one of the first projects constructed under the Maryland Community Solar initiative. Powered by 11,000 solar panels the system will produce enough power to replaced the annual electricity needs of 700 homes in Baltimore County.